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Otcr Squirrels. 



OUR SQUIRRELS. 



It does not appear, at the first glance, that our squirrels, in their yearly 

 labors, have any great influence on the interests of agriculture and horti- 

 culture : and we doubt, if the question were asked, if more than five 

 persons out of ten would have formed any opinion in the matter ; their 

 probable reply being, " Oh ! the squirrels are not of much importance 

 either way. They live principally on nuts, and do not trouble us much, with 

 the exception of the little striped ground-squirrel that pulls up our seed- 

 corn." 



But these little animals are of more importance than people usually 

 believe them to be, and we will show this in a brief sketch of the habits 

 of each of our more f.^.miliar species. 



The Common Gray Squirrel {Sciurus Carolinensis), Gmelin. — Tliis 

 ■species is very generally distributed throughout the Atlantic States, and, 



